Actor Bill Hader at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival for his film ‘The Skeleton Twins’

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In his Sundance film “The Skeleton Twins,” former “Saturday Night Live” star Bill Hader takes on his first dramatic lead role: Milo, a depressed, gay man who’s estranged from his sister, Maggie, who is played by his former SNL castmate, Kristen Wiig.

Milo and Maggie haven’t talked in years and now live on opposite coasts, but when Milo tries to commit suicide, they suddenly reconnect and in doing so, they’re forced to face incidents in their rocky past.

Though it’s a dramatic turn for Hader, the film is not without its lighter moments. In one memorable scene, Milo and Maggie lip-sync to Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” — a movie moment made for animated GIFs and YouTube clips. After the premiere screening, those audience members who were present tweeted enthusiastically about the “epic lip sync” between the two stars.

Hader sat with Speakeasy to discuss the lip-synch scene, how “The Skeleton Twins” is a very different project for him, and his career post-”Saturday Night Live.”

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